Last year Nat found herself with nowhere to live. She considered sleeping on the bus and washing in the rain but inevitably ended up on her parents' doorstep. It was only for a month, she assured them, if that.. She repeated this phrase a lot over the next six months, while the housing market stagnated like a spoilt kid's fish tank, and her life followed suit. While her friends pursued normal adult lives, Nat was taking packed lunches to gigs and being treated to lectures on "Why It's Nice When All The Tins Face Forwards In The Cupboard." ("So we can see what they all are at a glance!")
Nat wouldn't say she and those like her were the real victims of the recession, but it would be nice if you did. Then she would do a tiny, brave smile.
A book for anyone who's been forced back to the family nest, parents who can't shake off their adult kids, or anyone who's ever excused themselves from a family gathering for a quick scream into a pile of towels.
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'Disgustingly talented.' (The Guardian )
'Wincingly funny.' (The Observer )
'Nat Luurtsema is definitely an original thinker. Her inventive, witty routines demonstrate a wonderfully warped logic, taken to the limits of imagination.' (Chortle )
Nat's hilarious account of life with the folks will strike a chord with parents and their offspring everywhere! (Star )
Utterly unique, ludicrously funny (GQ )
Laugh-out-loud observational comedy... Fast, frenetic and scatologically funny, Nat's memoir keeps the jokes coming. (Marie Claire )
Side-splitting memoir (U magazine )
'Wincingly funny.' (The Observer )
'Nat Luurtsema is definitely an original thinker. Her inventive, witty routines demonstrate a wonderfully warped logic, taken to the limits of imagination.' (Chortle )
Nat's hilarious account of life with the folks will strike a chord with parents and their offspring everywhere! (Star )
Utterly unique, ludicrously funny (GQ )
Laugh-out-loud observational comedy... Fast, frenetic and scatologically funny, Nat's memoir keeps the jokes coming. (Marie Claire )
Side-splitting memoir (U magazine )
About the Author
Nat won the Chortle Best Newcomer award after just eight months of doing stand-up. She has taken two shows to the Edinburgh Festival, and has written scripts for Channel 4 and Radio 4. She lives in a rented flat in London. Finally.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Before reading this the only writer who had made me laugh out loud on the train was Spike Milligan. Funny lines come thick and fast, and her imagination took me to places I never thought I'd go (or thought I would want to go)! I can't wait for the next helping.
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I was on a train (funnily enough to go and stay with my parents for a few days) when I came across a review of this book in a magazine. I liked the sound of it, so I abandoned my magazine and bought the Kindle edition of this to read on my phone. I spent the rest of the journey sniggering my way through it. This is just a great book - funny, charming and brilliantly written. Anyone in their 20s or 30s who has spent time staying with their parents as an adult will identify with it. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a lighthearted but intelligent read, and I'll be looking out for Nat Luurtsema's stand-up in future.
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Absolutely loved this, laughed out loud at a few points, it's so well written! The only downside is that if you read any of the blog before, there is some repetition. Hope that she writes another one.
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A laugh out loud book. The relationship the author has with her parents is so funny but also very moving at times.
Published 1 month ago by Hayley
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Laugh out loud funny
My husband got so grumpy on the train because my laughing was disrupting his reading! I've not read a book this funny in a long time.
Published 1 month ago by Mrs M.
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As a mother of 2 of the Boomerang Generation I identified with every scenario in this book. I even checked with my daughter that she hadnt written it under another name! Read more
Published 2 months ago by gillian davidson
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I loved this book, being in a similar situation to the author I relate a lot to the plot! The writing is brilliant and hilarious, I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Lucy
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I've read books that made me chuckle in my mind or that gave delight to the part of my brain that finds things amusing but until I read this book I'd only ever read one book that... Read more
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